--- title: "16 Diane Arbus Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Diane Arbus quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Diane Arbus sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/raf-simons-7131_background_i-m-fascinated-by-the-way-diane-arbus-sa_2429488.png" --- > [I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. She came from this fashion background and then twisted it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raf-simons/i-m-fascinated-by-the-way-diane-arbus-saw-things-she-came-from-this/) [Raf Simons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raf-simons/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5a/raf-simons-7131_background_i-m-fascinated-by-the-way-diane-arbus-sa_2429488.png) > [I don't need to own one but I like to look at Diane Arbus's pictures and anything by Jackson Pollock.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lynne-ramsay/i-don-t-need-to-own-one-but-i-like-to-look-at-diane-arbus-s-pictures/) [Lynne Ramsay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lynne-ramsay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9b/lynne-ramsay-5168_anything_i-don-t-need-to-own-one-but-i-like-to-lo_1189159.jpg) > [Giving a camera to Diane Arbus is like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-mailer/giving-a-camera-to-diane-arbus-is-like-putting-a-live-grenade-in-the/) [Norman Mailer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-mailer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e7/norman-mailer-839_children_giving-a-camera-to-diane-arbus-is-like-p_2725442.png) > [Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/regardless-of-how-you-feel-inside-always-try-to-look-like-a-winner-3/) [Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/laozi-147_behinds_regardless-of-how-you-feel-inside-always_3233916.jpg) > [A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white - people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working-in-black-and-white-people-2/) [William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e5/william-eggleston-12373_always_a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working_2216083.jpg) > [In some ways Lawler is a conceptual Diane Arbus. She's a stalker who takes advantage of situations. She pulls back curtains, causing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-saltz/in-some-ways-lawler-is-a-conceptual-diane-arbus-she-s-a-stalker-who/) [Jerry Saltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-saltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/057/jerry-saltz-1712_advantage_in-some-ways-lawler-is-a-conceptual-dian_2822487.png) > [The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caleb-deschanel/the-great-photographers-of-life-like-diane-arbus-and-walker-evans-and/) [Caleb Deschanel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caleb-deschanel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/caleb-deschanel-52447_bit_the-great-photographers-of-life-like-dia_1616690.jpg) > [In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/burton-silverman/in-an-era-when-museum-curators-were-busy-introducing-the-public-to/) [Burton Silverman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/burton-silverman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91e/burton-silverman-31710_busy_in-an-era-when-museum-curators-were-busy_524934.jpg) > [There are days when everyone in the world looks like a Diane Arbus to me. She's a genius but her work is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nan-goldin/there-are-days-when-everyone-in-the-world-looks-like-a-diane-arbus-to/) [Nan Goldin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nan-goldin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43e/nan-goldin-6289_cameras_there-are-days-when-everyone-in-the-worl_1414607.png) > [I still do all my developing and printing in my darkroom. Being in New York, you get tremendous exposure to great arts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sung-jin-park/i-still-do-all-my-developing-and-printing-in-my-darkroom-being-in-new/) [Sung Jin Park](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sung-jin-park/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/143/sung-jin-park-41191_art_i-still-do-all-my-developing-and-printin_766753.jpg) > [I spent a lot of time on Diane Arbus film, not only writing it, but running around talking through various production issues.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-diane-arbus-film-not-only-writing-it-but/) [Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/950/tamara-jenkins-33031_cinema_i-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-diane-arbus-fil_888990.jpg) > [For me it is essential to understand that everyone is alone. Not in the sense of loneliness, but rather in the sense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rineke-dijkstra/for-me-it-is-essential-to-understand-that-everyone-is-alone-not-in/) [Rineke Dijkstra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rineke-dijkstra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c2/rineke-dijkstra-44822_definite_for-me-it-is-essential-to-understand-tha_834552.jpg) > [Whenever I give a talk about my work I am invariably asked who my influences are. Not what my influences are, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-gober/whenever-i-give-a-talk-about-my-work-i-am-invariably-asked-who-my/) [Robert Gober](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-gober/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/robert-gober-60744_beloved_whenever-i-give-a-talk-about-my-work-i-a_2130330.jpg) > [A lot of my friends were mostly working in black-and-white-people like Lee Friedlander, Diane Arbus, Garry Winogrand, and others. We would exchange…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-eggleston/a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working-in-black-and-white-people/) [William Eggleston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-eggleston/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/william-eggleston-12373_black_a-lot-of-my-friends-were-mostly-working_693312.jpg) > [Producer Ed Pressman had a book about Diane Arbus - it's the only biography that exists - and there had been many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/producer-ed-pressman-had-a-book-about-diane-arbus-it-s-the-only/) [Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e79/tamara-jenkins-33031_book_producer-ed-pressman-had-a-book-about-di_270792.jpg) > [Diane Arbus is one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly daring artists of the 20th century. Her work emerged from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-shainberg/diane-arbus-is-one-of-the-most-mysterious-enigmatic-and-frighteningly/) [Steven Shainberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-shainberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fd/steven-shainberg-29258_20th-century_diane-arbus-is-one-of-the-most-mysteriou_3051309.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diane-arbus/#itemlist", "name": "Diane Arbus Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm fascinated by the way Diane Arbus saw things. 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